Activity ideas, projects, and adventures with kids.
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Last spring we did this on a whim. Filled a 4x8 bed with soil, let him pick vegetables. He chose tomatoes, lettuce, and carrots bc they're apparently the only foods he'll eat 🙄
We just moved here and I'm looking for stuff to do with the kids (7 and 10) on weekends that won't completely drain the bank. We've hit the zoo a few times already. Looking for DIY
Lotta posts here about cooking with kids but here's what actually works with my 5 and 9yo: Pizza night - let them make their own personal pizzas with whatever toppings. It's messy
I've been looking at those backyard zipline kits (Slackline Industries or similar) and my kids are BEGGING for one. We've got the property for it—about 70 feet of clearance between
The plan: 4x8 ft cedar bed Start with tomatoes, beans, lettuce Kids can help fill soil, plant seeds, water Obviously I'll do the actual construction but I want them to own the pla
My 6yo wants to try soccer. I know nothing about soccer. We're in the Denver metro area. Looking for something low-key, not super competitive since he's just starting. Any recs? Ho
Just built a firepit ring with my 6 and 9 year old using some pavers and landscape fabric underneath. We're planning to do s'mores this weekend but I'm paranoid about safety. Have
My 6yo daughter insists on carrying her own stuff even though she gets tired after like 20 minutes and I end up carrying her pack anyway. We did Rattlesnake Ledge last weekend and
Does anyone else feel like organized sports camps are getting ridiculous? The $400-600 "elite" youth soccer camp happened and my kid learned the same stuff he learns at regular pra
So our area got pounded with rain for two weeks straight last month and I was going insane with the kids bouncing off walls. I prepped little "activity boxes" with stuff like: pipe
Ngl I've wasted a lot of money on those "science kit" things that are either way too advanced or boring AF. But we just did the volcano thing with baking soda and food coloring and
"Are we there yet?" in various formats for 8 hours straight. Packed snacks, tablet, books, everything. Nothing worked for more than 20 minutes. By hour 5 I was considering just ope
We spent last Saturday afternoon throwing together a basic platform in the oak tree in our backyard. Nothing fancy—2x8s, some lag bolts, a rope ladder. My kid helped drill holes an
So my brother installed a homemade zip line between two trees in his backyard and of course my kids went INSANE for it. We've been over there three weekends in a row now. My 10yo i
My 7yo will eat basically nothing I make but I've noticed if HE makes it, he'll eat it. Started letting him help with actual cooking instead of just measuring stuff. Last week he m
Saw this Pinterest craft about making a marble run out of paper towel tubes. Sounded easy, looked cool. My 8yo and I spent an hour on it and it was a total mess—tubes falling apart
Do NOT use the baking soda and vinegar volcano recipe from that one Pinterest site if you actually care about your kitchen. My 6yo wanted to do "volcano day" and I scaled up the in
Thinking about putting together a small raised bed garden (like 4x4) and having the kids grow stuff. Seems like a good weekend activity but also seems like it could turn into me ma
Saw them at Target, looks kind of fun but also kind of gimmicky? My 7yo is interested but I don't want to waste money on something he'll use twice. Reviews are mixed online. Real t
I'm trying to renovate a corner of the garage into a little workshop situation but my toddler keeps getting into everything. She's destroyed paint, tried to eat screws, knocked ove